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Quote by: christianmathew  Zhavric, calm down. Breathe deeply.
Winter wind is right, you are arguing through silence, claiming tat there is no proof, instad of there is no proof because... Therefore what you right isn't fact. And yes, Jesus did exist. Go talk to anyone who has actually learned about history. |
There is a chance a wandering Jewish storyteller and theologian existed, and that this person was the one Jewish-Christians based their faith on, but the account of his life in the Bible is mostly exaggerated mythology that came afterward.
Also, it is high unlikely he de-emphasized the importance of Jewish rituals like not eating non-Kosher foods and circumcision -- the former was never strictly rejected, but Jewish-Christians didn't insist upon it to increase appeal to Gentiles (many of whom would never give up non-Kosher foods), and circumcision was considered completely barbaric by most non-Jewish peoples, hence the necessity of its repudiation.
The Jewish-Christians also abandoned numerous Jewish holidays and festivals celebrating their cultural identity in favor of assimilating those of Pagans (another recruiting ploy). Gradually, Christianity stopped being Jewish altogether, acquiring a much different flavor.